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第一段
1 .Good evening, everyone.
晚上好，各位。
2 .Let me start by welcoming you all to this talk and thanking you for taking the time to consider joining ACE voluntary organisation.
首先，请允许我欢迎大家参加这次讲座，并感谢大家花时间考虑加入ACE志愿组织。
3 .ACE offers support to people and services in the local area and we’re now looking for more volunteers to help us do this.
ACE为当地的人们和服务提供支持，我们现在正在寻找更多的志愿者来帮助我们完成这项工作。
4 .By the way, I hope you’re all comfortable – we have brought in extra seats so that no one has to stand, but it does mean that the people at the back of the room may be a bit squashed.
顺便说一下，我希望你们都能感到舒适--我们已经带来了额外的座位，这样就没有人需要站着，但这确实意味着房间后面的人可能会有点压抑。
5 .We’ll only be here for about half an hour so, hopefully, that’s OK.
我们只在这里待半个小时左右，所以，希望问题不大。
6 .One of the first questions we’re often asked is how old you need to be to volunteer.
我们经常被问到的第一个问题是，成为志愿者对年龄有什么要求。
7 .Well, you can be as young as 16 or you can be 60 or over; it all depends on what type of voluntary work you want to do.
嗯，小至16岁，大到60岁或以上都可以；这完全取决于你想做什么类型的志愿工作。
8 .Other considerations, such as reliability, are crucial in voluntary work and age isn’t related to these, in our experience.
其他考虑因素，如可靠性，在志愿工作中是至关重要的，而根据我们的经验，年龄与这些无关。
9 .Another question we get asked relates to training.
另外一个我们经常被问到的问题与培训有关。
10 .Well, there’s plenty of that and it’s all face-to-face.
嗯，有很多这样的培训，而且都是面对面的。
11 .What’s more, training doesn’t end when you start working for us – it takes place before, during and after periods of work.
更重要的是，培训不会在你开始为我们工作时结束--它发生在工作之前、期间和之后。
12 .Often, it’s run by other experienced volunteers as managers tend to prefer to get on with other things.
通常情况下，培训是由其他有经验的志愿者进行的，因为管理人员往往有其他事情要做。
13 .Now, I would ask you to consider a couple of important issues before you decide to apply for voluntary work.
现在，我想请你们在决定申请志愿工作之前考虑几个重要问题。
14 .We don’t worry about why you want to be a volunteer – people have many different reasons that range from getting work experience to just doing something they’ve always wanted to do.
我们不过问您为什么想成为一名志愿者--人们有许多不同的原因，从获得工作经验到只是做他们一直想做的事情。
15 .But it is critical that you have enough hours in the day for whatever role we agree is suitable for you – if being a volunteer becomes stressful then it’s best not to do it at all.
但关键是您每天有足够的时间从事我们认为适合您的任何角色--如果做志愿者变得有压力，那么最好就不要做了。
16 .You may think that your income is important, but we don’t ask about that.
您可能认为您的收入很重要，但我们不问这个问题。
17 .It’s up to you to decide if you can work without earning money.
您可以自行决定是否可以在不赚钱的情况下工作。
18 .What we value is dedication.
我们看重的是奉献精神。
19 .Some of our most loyal volunteers earn very little themselves but still give their full energy to the work they do with us.
我们一些最忠诚的志愿者自己的收入很少，但仍然为他们与我们一起做的工作付出了全部精力。
第二段
1 .OK, so let’s take a look at some of the work areas that we need volunteers for and the sort of things that would help you in those.
好了，让我们来看看我们需要志愿者的一些工作领域，以及在这些领域对您有帮助的事情。
2 .You may wish simply to help us raise money.
你可能只是希望帮助我们筹集资金。
3 .If you have the creativity to come up with an imaginative or novel way of fundraising, we’d be delighted, as standing in the local streets or shops with a collection box can be rather boring!
如果你有创造力，能想出一个富有想象力或新颖的筹款方式，我们会很高兴，因为拿着募捐箱站在当地街道或商店里可能会相当无聊！
4 .One outdoor activity that we need volunteers for is litter collection and for this it’s useful if you can walk for long periods, sometimes uphill.
我们需要志愿者的其中一项户外活动是收集垃圾，如果你能长时间步行，有时还需要上坡，那就很有帮助。
5 .Some of our regular collectors are quite elderly, but very active and keen to protect the environment.
我们的一些定期收集者是相当年长的，但非常活跃，热衷于保护环境。
6 .If you enjoy working with children, we have three vacancies for what are called ‘playmates’.
如果你喜欢和孩子们一起工作，我们有三个被称为 "玩伴 "的空缺。
7 .These volunteers help children learn about staying healthy through a range of out-of-school activities.
这些志愿者通过一系列的校外活动帮助儿童学习保持健康。
8 .You don’t need to have children yourself, but it’s good if you know something about nutrition and can give clear instructions.
你不需要自己有孩子，但如果你了解一些关于营养的知识并能给予明确的指导，那就更好了。
9 .If that doesn’t appeal to you, maybe you would be interested in helping out at our story club for disabled children, especially if you have done some acting.
如果这对你没有吸引力，也许你会有兴趣在我们的残疾儿童故事俱乐部帮忙，特别是如果你做过一些表演。
10 .We put on three performances a year based on books they have read and we’re always looking for support with the theatrical side of this.
我们每年根据他们读过的书进行三场演出，我们一直在寻找对戏剧方面的支持。
11 .The last area I’ll mention today is first aid. Volunteers who join this group can end up teaching others in vulnerable groups who may be at risk of injury.
我今天要提到的最后一个领域是急救。加入这个团体的志愿者最终可以在弱势群体中教导其他可能有受伤风险的人。
12 .Initially, though, your priority will be to take in a lot of information and not forget any important steps or details.
不过，最初，你的首要任务是吸收大量的信息，不要忘记任何重要的步骤或细节。
13 .Right, so does anyone have any questions …
好了，有没有人有什么问题......